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9 - The Vicissitudes of Market Europe

from Market, Society and Security

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2023

By
Gilles Grin
Edited by
Mathieu Segers  and
Steven Van Hecke
Mathieu Segers
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
Steven Van Hecke
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Summary

After a dozen years of Eurosclerosis, a European revival was ready in 1985 to transform the European Communities. With the aim of creating an internal (or single) market without internal frontiers by the end of 1992, the new Commission presided over by Frenchman Jacques Delors launched a very important legislative programme which was to be adopted in 8 years and which succeeded in convincing the member states to modify the founding treaties of the 1950s. Accordingly, the Single European Act (SEA) was signed in 1986 and entered into force in 1987. The single market programme (SMP) captivated the minds of Europeans and had a lasting influence on the construction of Europe. We will examine several crucial questions in this chapter. What did the SMP and the SEA consist of? What was the motivation behind the will to complete the internal market? What was the outcome? How and in what way has the SMP had a lasting influence on the construction of Europe? Where are we today, almost 30 years after the supposed completion of the internal market?

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The Cambridge History of the European Union , pp. 235 - 261
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Commission of the European Communities. Completing the Internal Market: White Paper from the Commission to the European Council (Milan, 28 and 29 June 1985), COM (85) 310 final, Brussels, 14 June 1985.Google Scholar
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